When Love Comes With a Price Tag

My best friend Mira sent me a photo—it was a new house my boyfriend Thompson had bought in a top-tier luxury complex in the city center.

"I had no idea you guys bought such an expensive place. When are you planning to get married?"

I froze. I had no idea Thompson had bought such an expensive house.

And I had even less idea how he could afford it.

After all, just yesterday we'd finally scraped together enough for a down payment on an old house.

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My hands trembled as I opened the joint bank account Thompson and I shared.